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Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Narrative voice, no speaker. God acts toward Noah, the animals, and the livestock inside the ark at the moment the flood begins to reverse.
The words — זָכַר (zākar, H2142), "remember," carries the force of "to act on behalf of" in Hebrew idiom; it is not a lapse of memory corrected but a deliberate turning to action.
The thread — The same verb appears in Genesis 30:22 (God remembered Rachel and opened her womb) and Genesis 19:29 (God remembered Abraham and brought Lot out), and in Psalms 136:23 (He remembered us in our low estate); the pattern is consistent: divine "remembering" equals divine intervention to fulfill a prior commitment.
Why it lands — The verse refuses to let the reader treat God's concern as sentimental; it is a covenant act that includes the animals as parties, not mere cargo, and it marks the flood's end as a deliberate decision rather than a natural conclusion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
Cross-references
- Genesis 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- Genesis 19:29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
- Psalms 136:23 He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
- Exodus 2:24 So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- 1 Samuel 1:19 The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
- Psalms 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- Amos 8:7 The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
- Exodus 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Psalms 132:1 A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
- Nehemiah 13:14 Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.